Yesterday the Islamic State arrested at least 60 former rebels in the city of al-Bukumal in Deir Ez Zor:

Locals said that they were driven to the front at the Deir Ez Zor Military Airport, where some of them are being forced to fight.

On Sunday, the al-Assayish (the internal security wing of the PYD) arrested dozens of young men in the Tal Hajar neighborhood in the city of al-Hasakah. The prisoners are expected to be pressed into a term of service in Self-Defense, which the PYD-run administration in the province has made mandatory.

The neighborhood was closed off, and the al-Assayish demanded that the famailies in the area each provide one eligible person, before they stormed it and raided houses.

Several people were also arrested Monday by government patrols checking the IDs of young men in the northern part of the city.

The SAA and NDF captured 7 villages southeast of al-Hasakah from the Islamic State.

The besieged al-Waer neighborhood of Homs was hit by barrel bombs and machine gun fire.

The UN announced that it will resume food aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees, which had to be suseded last week because of a shortage in funds, after the social media campaign #ADollarALifeLine raised $80 million.

The program costs $64 million a month.

The recently formed Revolutionary Command Council has met with UN envoy, Staffan De Mistura.

The meeting took place in Gaziantep in Turkey, where they discussed Mistura’s propose “freeze zones”.

The RCC said the meeting did not signify that they agree with the plan, and that there would be further discussions among its members. They said their first goal is “the fall of the regime”, and that they will reject any plan that does not enable that.

Brigadier Abdulkarim Ahmed was elected by the Supreme Military Council as the Chief of Staff.

Brigadier General Ahmad Berri was elected as the deputy Chief of Staff for the Northern Front.

Ziad Hariri was elected as the deputy Chief of Staff for the Southern Front.

The Siraj Press reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in southern Beirut has begun recruting Syrians, and others, living in Lebanon, into a new “Syrian Hezbollah“, without the knowledge of the Lebanese government.

The recruitment offices are being overseen by pro-Assad Syrian personell, and are working to recruit young men in need of cash.

The contracts offer salaries between LS 35,000 and 45,000 for 20 days of service per month.